Strive – Intensive Outpatient Treatment

We know the first few months of recovery after leaving extended care can be the most challenging. It is at these transition points that life is the most stressful, and statistically is when most people relapse. To meet this challenge, Balboa Horizons provides transitional living and outpatient programs to help clients reenter mainstream life with the right structure and support. In transitional living, clients learn to balance treatment with everyday obligations such as employment and education. Clients also learn how to develop healthy interpersonal relationships, aided by the support of a positive peer community.

Balboa Horizons’ Intensive Outpatient Program—STRIVE emphasizes a balance life as the key to lasting sobriety. STRIVE offers an increased level of support for individuals still struggling with addiction, or a step-down for those transitioning from a higher level of care. The programs are flexible, allowing clients to easily continue with activities such as work, school, or family commitments. Our goal is to minimize the stress of everyday life by teaching clients how to effectively balance recovery with a thriving personal life.

Balboa Horizons understands that life skills and goals are often casualties of addiction. We offer two comprehensive tracks—Academic and Vocational—for clients looking to begin or continue their training and life skills while learning to sustain a sober lifestyle. We provided highly individualized counseling to support each client in achieving their life skill, academic and vocational goals. Life coaching, resume building, and interview training are just some of the services provided to ensure the best possible chance for success.

Academic Counseling

College Application Assistance

Registration Assistance

Transportation to and from campus

Tutoring / Structured Study Time

Life Skills Counseling

Under the STRIVE IOP umbrella, we offer our clients three tracks to build their best lives:

Academic Success Track – Helps clients achieve balance, navigate social stressors, learn time management and study skills, helping them to achieve academic success while maintaining a strong program of recovery.

Testimonials

Balboa Horizons allowed me to be who I truly am, to acknowledge who I am as a person, and how to build off of that. They gave me both the spiritual and the therapeutic resources to craft my best life. I’m going on two years of sobriety, and couldn’t have done it without my family at Balboa Horizons.

- Michael G, Santa Ana, CA

We were so impressed with the staff at Balboa. We really felt all of you cared so much for our daughter and were truly committed and believed in the program. We feel so blessed to have found Balboa Horizons!

- Robin F., Beverly Hills, CA

I knew things were going to change when I came to Balboa Horizons, but I didn’t realize the magnitude of the changes that would occur within me. I went from being hopeless to having hope. My steps are lighter, my heart is gladder and that’s all thanks to the amazing staff at Balboa Horizons.

- John H., Newport Beach, CA

As his mother, I am so grateful for his recovery and that fact that ‘I have my son back.’ He still maintains contact with two friends he met through the program, and they both came to his wedding in November 2014. They all have a connection and I know that they will all be lifelong friends. I am very proud of all of them!

- Teresa S., Tulare, CA

I felt I might lose my child forever to the disease of addiction. Today my son is over 15 months sober, working a program, employed, saving money, supporting himself, driving his own vehicle, and doing for others. He recently told me, ‘For the first time in my life, I am really happy.’ I will be forever grateful to the Balboa Horizons staff. I know it is always up to the individual to do the work, but you are providing the environment and expertise to facilitate recovery from a deadly disease.

- Frank O., Port Orchard, WA

I’m so thankful for Balboa’s warm and supportive living environment. It has been instrumental in teaching me how to live a sober and productive life.

- Michelle P., New Orleans, LA

There are no words that can express my gratitude to Balboa Horizons. Their program of recovery enabled me to get my life back and discover the person I was meant to be.

- Cooper N., Tuscson, AZ

Balboa Horizons has helped me rebuild myself from the foundation up, held me accountable, and taught me positive life skills and how to live a fulfilling life in today’s society.

- Justin M., Longview, WA

I’m grateful that Balboa Horizons has provided me with a structured living environment and a foundation for learning how to live a sober and productive life.

- Sadie R., Denver, CO

Balboa Horizons can be summed up in a few words: Caring, Professional, Effective, Expert, Hope. They helped bring an enduring trust and peace to our daughter and entire family for which we will always be grateful.